The interior ministers of the European Union (EU) countries began an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday (27) to organize the reception of thousands of refugees from Ukraine and discuss the granting of temporary protection.
“We have to see what status we can give these people who are fleeing Ukrainian territory in extremely difficult conditions,” said French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, upon arriving at the meeting.
Darmanin said the priority is to receive “the best possible” these refugees in Poland, and from there to study how to grant them temporary protection.
In 2001, the EU adopted a temporary protection directive, but it was never effectively implemented. It already provides for the granting of protection to displaced people and its distribution among the bloc’s countries.
The European Commissioner for the Interior, Ylva Johansson, said that this “is the right time” to implement the rule, adding that at the meeting she will present a proposal in this regard.
Belgian Interior Minister Sammy Mahdi also advocated implementing the directive as soon as possible. “We must guarantee protection at the European level. We are at a historic moment for the EU,” he commented.
However, the Swedish Interior Minister, Anders Ygeman, was more cautious and pointed out that “it may be an option, I am not opposed to it, and defended that the countries of the bloc assume “their responsibilities together”.
“The issue is not so much the distribution [dos refugiados e deslocados]but examine how we can help neighboring countries” of Ukraine.
Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, more than 350,000 people have fled the fighting, about half of them to Poland, according to Polish sources.
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